“There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.”

Acts 18:2-3

Paul’s next stop, Corinth, was the political and economic center of Greece. It was also on the way to Rome. Paul stayed in Corinth for about 18 months (a long stay) and was thus able to draw the believers into a more established and mature network. Ministries can be short or long and will achieve different results. Aquila and Priscilla, Paul’s hosts, were, like him, tent makers. Paul could tell the Corinthian church that he worked for his living and was not a financial burden (2 Cor 11:9). Tent making mission is important—you work to meet your needs and preach in your spare time. This was one way in which the college student ministry grew in CMI, as students disciples graduate became tentmaker ministers, especially in India, China, Argentina and many other nations.1

Praise be to the Lord that you use our humble tent making missions. May you continually raise tent making ministers for the gospel advancement (edited from Encounter with God).